President Joe Biden signed an executive order that issued a historic investment in women’s health, including research on menopause and mid-life health.
The president issued the order at a White House Women’s History Month event on Monday morning. The event featured First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former first lady of California Maria Shriver. The order allocates $12b for women’s health research and marks the “most comprehensive set” of executive action to improve research on women’s health, according to the White House.
Ms Shriver, a journalist, author and advocate for Alzheimer’s research, called the president’s actions historic, particularly considering the focus on menopause.
“I’ll bet today that this is the first time a president of the United States has ever signed an executive order that mentions the words ‘menopause’ and ‘women’s mid-life health,’” Ms Shriver said at the event.
